To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what recent steps the Government has taken to prevent diabetes;
(2) what recent steps the Government has taken to improve treatments for diabetes patients in the NHS.
This Government continue to support the implementation of the Diabetes national service framework (NSF) and work with key partners to support the NHS in driving forward improvements in diabetes care. The Department, in partnership with Diabetes UK and the National Diabetes Support Team, has published reports, documents and toolkits in a number of areas that are intended to provide quality information and standards for commissioners and health care providers to help them plan and deliver services envisaged in the NSF.
"Putting Prevention First", published on
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Bob Norfolk
Posted on 9 Oct 2008 5:34 pm (Report this annotation)
It's unfortunate that all types of diabetes appear to be lumped together with this question. Firstly, diabetes is a genetic condition - simply put, a type 1 diabetic has a pancreas that either does not produce any insulin or doesn't produce enough, type 2 diabetics have developed a resistence to the insulin their pancreas produces.
Diabetes cannot be prevented, not unless a geneticist can provide a solution. The onset of type 2 diabetes can be slowed down and the consequences of diabetes can be better managed by helping the diabetic manage their blood sugar levels.
In that context the first part of this question is meaningless and in all honesty it should have been pointed out to the questioner.
The diabetes NSF was finalised in 2003, here we are in 2008 and it is still being rolled out, government needs to commit the funding to ensure that diabetics are treated equally and consistantly throughout England.